Peterson has been mired in controversy since a questionable split-decision victory over Amir Khan in December of 2011. He won the WBA “Super” world light welterweight and IBF light welterweight titles that night, but since then he was stripped of the WBA belt and questions over the cancelled rematch due to Peterson’s alleged use of synthetic testosterone continue to dog him.

He is scheduled to fight Kendall Holt February 22, 2013 to defend his IBF light welterweight strap at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C.